Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr There are many people who believe that the trial for former President Donald Trump’s impeachment should not continue. I am not one of those people. Trump has already been impeached one time during his presidency by the House of Representatives, but it did […]
Photo courtesy of The White House, Flickr During this past week, many politicians affiliated with the Republican party became ill with COVID-19. At least 13 people alone have tested positive within President Trump’s entourage, including his wife Melania, campaign manager Bill Stepien, White House adviser Hope Hicks, White House Press […]
Photo courtesy of Photo by US Senate Photographic Studio Jeff McEvoy, Flickr The Senate voted to acquit the President of the United States on both articles of impeachment on Wednesday. The historic Feb. 5 vote will keep President Donald Trump in office, allowing him to seek reelection in the 2020 presidential […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Democrats in the House of Representatives have decided to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. This is the first time that an impeachment inquiry has been announced since 1996 with President Bill Clinton. The inquiry announcement was made on Sept. […]
Photo courtesy of Offspring 18 87, Wikipedia CEOs from 145 U.S. companies sent a letter on Sept. 12 to Senate urging them to expand background checks and enforce stronger “red flag” laws. Sponsors included the CEOs of Uber, Reddit, Levi Strauss & Co. and Airbnb. The signatories point to the […]
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Lawmakers from Massachusetts have sponsored two bills that promote transparency in court proceedings and clerk magistrate hearings. Bills SD.866 and HD.2790 have been filed in both the Senate and the House of Representatives are being pushed forward due to a demand for transparency in the handing […]
Photo courtesy of the United States Senate, Wikipedia This past Saturday, many of us woke up to see our phone screens full of notifications from our news apps notifying us that the U.S. Senate passed a 479-page tax bill while we were all asleep. The issue here isn’t that they […]
Photo courtesy of Roy Moore, Twitter More and more eyes are trained on Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Alabama who is now facing several allegations that he sexually assaulted minors decades ago. The allegations caught the public eye after the Washington Post published the story of […]
Ramapo students Achyut Gautam and Antonio Navazio gave a presentation on Monday illustrating the significance of three women of color being elected to the U.S. Senate. Despite the massive number of women and women of color in the U.S., the election of Tammy Duckworth, Kamala Harris and Catherine Cortez Masto […]
Recently, Israel has requested an increase in annual U.S. defense aid. Its current aid package provides $3 billion annually; this is set to expire in 2017, according to Reuters. Reuters says Israel is vying for an annual $2 billion increase in military aid; this raises Israeli annual aid to $5 […]
